Chocolate Nut Bars

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips (i use a mix of all 3) or 1 cup peanut butter chips (i use a mix of all 3) or 1 cup chocolate chips (i use a mix of all 3)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans (any nuts can be subbed)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f. combine crumbs and butter, press firmly on bottom of 13x9 inch baking pan. or for thicker bars you can use a 9x9 inch pan.
• 2 bake 8 minutes. remove from oven.
• 3 reduce oven temperature to 350 f.
• 4 melt condensed milk, semi-sweet chocolate chips and vanilla together in a small saucepan.
• 5 spread chocolate mixture over prepared crust.let cool for 5-10 minutes.
• 6 top with remaining chocolate chips, then nuts.
• 7 press down firmly.i use a heat safe rubber spatula for this, if you use your hands expect to get sticky.
• 8 bake 25-30 minutes, use rubber spatula to press topping down again half way through cooking.
• 9 cool completely. cut into bars. store loosely covered at room temperature.